Metacat

    /**

     * get the access control info for a given document id.

     *

     * @param _docid the docid of the document for which the access should be applied.

     *

     * @return the metacat access xml

     */

    public String getAccessControl(String docid) 

    	throws InsufficientKarmaException, MetacatException,MetacatInaccessibleException {

        //set up properties

        Properties prop = new Properties();

        prop.put("action", "getaccesscontrol");

        prop.put("docid", docid);

        String response = null;

        try {

            response = sendDataForString(prop, null, null, 0);

        } catch (Exception e) {

            throw new MetacatInaccessibleException(e.getMessage());

        }

        // Check for an error condition

        if (response.indexOf("<error>") != -1) {

            if (response.indexOf("does not have permission") != -1) {

                throw new InsufficientKarmaException(response);

            } else {

                throw new MetacatException(response);

            }

        }

        return response;

    }